Diaries
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
A Diary of the Year 1874 by John M. Karns.
A Diary of the Year 1874 by John M. Karns. Powells Station, Knox County, Tenn. Transcriber and whereabouts of the original mss diary unidentified.
Andrew Jackson McCallie Diary, 1883, and his account book,1860-1868, and Trundles Cross Roads Account Book,1867-1868, kept by Othneil Morton Whittle.
1883 diary of Andrew Jackson (A. J.) McCallie (1819-1904), Trundles Cross Roads [Sevier County, Tenn]. 1 vol. (marks and notes in ink were written by Joseph M. McCallie, son of A. J. McCallie); account book of A. J. McCallie, 1860-1868 (living in Bradley County, Tenn.) 1 vol.; Trundles Cross Roads [Sevier County, Tenn.] account book, 1867-1868. According to donor, it was kept by Othneil Morton Whittle (1831-1908). 1 vol.
Anna Gay McClung Collection.
Anna Gay McClung Collection.
Autograph book and diary of Jennie Boyd Ramsey
Barbara Adair McClung diaries.
Barbara A. McClung diaries. Originals. + one box with photocopies of diaries
C . H. (Charles Howard) Mellen (1862-1882) memorandum book, 1879-1880.
Charles H. Mellen (1862-1882) was the brother of Knoxville professor/writer/historian Dr. George F. Mellen (1859-1927). C. H. Mellen attended the University of Alabama.
C. Morse Papers.
Caroline Buckner Collection.
Charles Coffin Papers (Gift of James P. Coffin, 1927).
Papers of Charles Coffin. Includes his journal, 1800-1809, 1812-1816, 1822. Also includes correspondence, sermons, and other writings.
Charles Grandison Nenney Papers.
Papers include: personal and business correspondence; ledgers; account books; diaries; and a minute book of the Russellville Division, Sons of Temperance (1849-1851). A large portion of the collection relates to Charles P. Nenney’s life and business. For a list of selected correspondents, see A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection by Linda Posey (1974).
Civil War diary of Edwin L. Hayes, N. J. (Photocopy)
The Civil War diary of Edwin L. Hayes, N.J. (photocopy) + his Civil War service record, pension forms, etc. + 1 page of Hayes genealogy.
David Anderson Deaderick Journal, 1825-1872.
Register of events and facts recorded annually by David Anderson Deaderick, in Jonesborough, Tenn., in 1825. Journal kept until 1872. Includes inserted letters and newspaper clippings. Mentions digging for gold in California in 1850.
David Fleming diary, 1834-1845.
Diary of David Fleming (May 4, 1799-1868), East Tennessee minister, May 1834-December 1845 (some gaps). Incomplete diary mentions preaching at Knoxville, Maryville, Morganton, Gallaher Creek, New Market, Dandridge, and Sevierville, Tenn.; Hopkinsianism; slavery; temperance; E. H. College; revivals; March 19-20, 1843 comet; local ministers, etc.
David Thomas Kirk.
David Thomas Kirk: personal journals, family photograph album, newspaper clippings etc. 1899-1959. Kirk was a Methodist minister, farmer and house builder. Details of life in Bybee, Cocke County, Tenn. 2 boxes.
Diary of Drury P. Armstrong, 1842-1849.
Daily journal emphasizing farm and business matters of Drury P. Armstrong (1799-1856) of Knoxville. 1 manuscript volume. [511 pages]. The original journal was transcribed in 1925 for the McClung Collection by Barbara Adair McClung. The transcribed volume has an index. Also, one color snapshot of painted portrait, believed to be Drury P. Armstrong, possibly by George Dury.
Diary of John M. Boyd, Prisoner of War at Camp Chase, 1865.
Diary of John M. Boyd, written while a Prisoner of War at Camp Chase, January 1 - April 3, 1865, The diary belonged to Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Lockwood (granddaughter of John M. Boyd, and copied by Mrs. Charles F. Wayland in 1945. Carbon TS 11 pp. + title page. (On pink paper)
Diary of John P. Jack, 1853-1855.
Diary of John P. Jack, 1853-1855. Copy made by Mrs. C. M. McClung from the original manuscript owned by Mr. Harvey Hannah Jack of Riverdale, Knox County, Tennessee. Loaned to Laura E. Luttrell for transcription.
Diary of Wm. H. Smith [Jonesborough, Tenn.], 1852. Also: accounts for 1853; re: estate of W. H. Smith, 1854; estate of A. G. Graham, 1862). (diaries, account books)
Diary of William H. Smith (Jonesborough, Tenn.), for 1852. Also: 1853 accounts; pages re: estate of Wm. H. Smith (died August 27, 1854), administrator A. G. Graham; pages re: estate of A. G. Graham (died October 1862). 1 vol. + 2 loose items: 1859 judgment; 1860 receipt. + notes from 1873.
Don Whitehead World War II Journal.
Edwin Jones Best, Sr. Collection.
E.E. Patton Collection.
Eleanor McAdoo Wiley Diaries, 1947-1967.
Ellen Rhea diary, 1883-1895, 1899.
Diary of Ellen Rhea, December 7, 1883-December 31, 1895, and October 18 &31, 1899. 1 volume. Started in Wellesley, Mass.; later in Knoxville, Tenn. Mentions daily activities, sermons and lectures, local weddings, etc. Damage to inner binding. Also, handwritten list of officers, 1892-1906 [Women’s Missionary Society?]. 2 pcs.
Ellen W. White diary, 1860-1865.
Esther Walton Diary, Industrial School, Knoxville, 1901.
Esther Walton Diary, Industrial School, Knoxville, 1901.
George Ekins journal, 1850-1856.
‘Book’ (diary/journal) of George Ekins, December 1850 - June 29, 1856. 120 handwritten pages. AD 1 volume (loose sections). Contains accounts of days as Methodist minister in East Tennessee and W. Virginia. Mentions Knoxville, near Rogersville, Blountville, near Chattanooga, Greeneville, Tazewell County, Abingdon, Madisonville, Louisville. Also mentions Bishop Asbury (p. 49), ‘froots of slavery’ (p. 91), religious theory, etc.
George Grove diary, ca. 1830s and family Bible of George Grove and Sarah Willett Grove. Gift of Betty Anne Grove. (Bibles)
George Grove diary, ca. 1830s (Flat Creek area of Knox County, Tenn). Mostly family and farm entries. Also, family Bible of George Grove (1779-1860) and Sarah (Sally) Willett Grove (1783-1854).
Greene County, Tenn., Account Books (Timber Ridge Store, 1859, 1873-1883; Dr. Jacob Payne Easterly account book; James Edwards Bell diary excerpts, 1862; Bell genealogy & family records). Gift of Jane Crouch Bell Williams.
Greene County, Tenn., Account Books: (Timber Ridge Store, 1859, 1873-1883; and Dr. Jacob Payne Easterly account book. Also, photocopies of James Edwards Bell diary 1862, excerpts, transcribed; and Bell genealogy & family records.
Guy Ellis Sabin diary, 1877-1880.
Photocopy of a typed transcript of the diary of Guy Ellis Sabin, March 20, 1877- December 13, 1880. Mentions wife Nannie (a Sevier descendant); move to Jonesborough, Washington County, Tenn.; buying land; timber speculation, etc.